STORM2K

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==



Region: EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS
Geographic coordinates: 46.344N, 154.426E
Magnitude: 7.7 Mw
Depth: 10 km
Universal Time (UTC): 13 Jan 2007 04:23:21
Time near the Epicenter: 13 Jan 2007 14:23:21
Local time in your area: 13 Jan 2007 04:23:21

Location with respect to nearby cities:
498 km (310 miles) SSW (195 degrees) of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
802 km (498 miles) SSW (204 degrees) of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
1705 km (1060 miles) NE (41 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan


ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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event ID : US 2007xmae

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist at NEIC For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... 07xmae.php
or
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://neic.usgs.gov


Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning for northern Japan after an earthquake.

8.4

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... index.html

Talking about a possible tsunami as high as 3 feet. Not too terrible.

Who knows, all I know is it will be a wait and see.

7.9 by USGS, so not a pacific wide Tsunumi threat just yet. But who know how strong it was so early.

There has been a news ported on t.v that a Tsunumi has just hit. Don't have any clue on how big.

Four feet high waves seen to hit much of Japan's Pacific Coast after Earthquake
Kyodo News ^ | January 13, 2007

**Jan.13 14:07 Waves as high as 50 cm seen to hit much of Japan's Pacific coast**



...
a little one hits, who knows but this is no Dec 26 2004

Looks like I was right, no pacific wide event.

NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE
NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I., BRITISH COLUMBIA

Thats great news.

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES
HANASAKI JAPAN 0.1M/0.3FT
WAVE OBSERVATIONS ARE THE AMPLITUDE ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
first reports from NOAA

40cm is the highest I can see.

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/observation.html

wow. the rate of more intense EQ's is up